Two Mills (Ruisdael)

Two Mills is a 1650s painting by the Dutch painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 625.[2]

Two Mills
French: Les deux moulins
ArtistJacob van Ruisdael
Completion date1650s
Mediumoil painting on panel (oak)
MovementDutch Golden Age painting
Landscape painting
Subjecta watermill
a sluice
Dimensions35 cm × 44 cm (14 in × 17 in)[1]
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg
Accessioncirca 1892

The painting belongs to a series of depictions of a watermill either at Singraven near Denekamp, or at Haaksbergen near Enschede. It was bought at Colnaghi's for the Strasbourg museum by Wilhelm von Bode around 1892; the painting had previously belonged to the collector Albert Levy of London and Colnaghi had bought it at the sale of Levy's collection on 16 June 1876, item number 360, for 126 British pounds (equivalent to £11,940 in 2019).[1]

References
  1. Mandrella, David (February 2009). Collection du musée des Beaux-Arts – Peinture flamande et hollandaise XVème-XVIIIème siècle. Strasbourg: Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. p. 252. ISBN 978-2-35125-030-3.
  2. "Les deux moulins". Base Joconde. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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